We hear you, baby!

We are "oh so excited" to have gotten to 13 weeks with a healthy heartbeat of 163! That was the coolest part of the appointment.... Besides that, we did not get an ultrasound (these pictures are from last appointment). We basically went over the history of my IVF schedule and everything that has already happened. We haven't seen the doctor yet, but we got familiar with the nurse practitioner (who used an app on her iPhone to calculate the due date.) I am hoping our doctors appointment in the next two weeks will be awesome. It wasn't a bad appointment, just less exciting than I built it up to be in my mind. 

I just have to say...man, our specialist, Dr. Krause, spoiled us. We were going every two weeks, getting ultrasounds every visit and scheduling appointments around our jobs...well that seems to have ended. 

The next appointment we have, I will be in the second trimester!! Crazy, right?!?! We are hoping to wait a few weeks and then get an early gender ultrasound... we will see how it goes. 

 Here's a collage of the ultrasounds so far, from the embryo that we transferred to six and a half, eight and a half and then eleven weeks. 
Just enjoying the journey! Looking forward to September! 

If you have a "Think Positive" shirt and think about it, snap a picture and I will get a collage together!

Love, love, love!

It's all good. :)

It has been too long since the last update!! Simply put, it's all good. 
We couldn't be happier to hear the doctor tell us last week that everything is normal. We are now at 11 weeks. (ELEVEN WEEKS!?!?!?!?) So close to celebrating the "lime" sized baby. Currently Baby Bratcher is the size of a Brussel sprout or kumquat.... 

We went to the specialist for the last time. It was so tough to think I will have to start over with a new doctor at our next appointment but it was sweet to know that we had graduated because Baby Bratcher is big enough to move to a regular doctor. I am a special case pregnancy but not high risk, so we are hoping to keep hearing the word "normal" from here on out. 
At our ultrasound, we could see limbs! Baby B was waving arms around and kicking feet up. It was the coolest! Matt also took a quick video of that crazy baby swimming upside down and trying to turn a somersault. Our doctor commented that baby "sure is active!" We loved hearing that. <3

A HUGE update to our lives is that I don't have to do shots anymore!!!!! Shots were getting oh so painful and I've got these unexplained, unpredictable hives that made putting ice on the area more painful than before. I also get to stop taking one of the prescriptions and the daily aspirin. It's been fantastic to not have to get the shot every night, but I would do it again in a heartbeat if that's what it takes to get to this point. I consider myself lucky because I have not gotten sick at all! Tired, slightly moody, nauseous- yes. But I haven't gotten sick and I know lots of women have to deal with that. 

It has been a very sweet Valentines weekend! We even took a quick trip to Tennessee this weekend and it was awesome! 

Also, I have had so many people ask me how its going and being so super awesome and supportive. I cannot thank you enough! I love to tell about this adventure and your concern just melts my heart. This baby is already so lucky to have so much love surrounding us.